The Red Scare in America was a period of panic and paranoia due to the spread of communism in Asia and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Anti-communist propaganda led to arrests, detentions, and deportations. A second Red Scare occurred during the Cold War, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Red referred to the color red associated […]
Las Vegas in the 1950s saw a strange mix of nuclear weapons and showgirls, with beauty pageant winners given nicknames like “Miss A-Bomb” and “Miss Atomic Blast”. The public was fascinated by the nuclear tests at the nearby Nevada Test Site, and beauty queens were crowned in conjunction with atomic test programs. In the 1950s, […]
Scare tactics use fear or shock to manipulate people into making uninformed decisions or taking rash actions. They are commonly used in politics to instill a sense of fear in the population, even if the threats are not real. Scare tactics can also be used in sports to keep opponents off balance. They must instill […]
